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Sri Lanka economy slows ahead of presidential elections 15 Sep 2024 - 05:06 pm
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Guinea gives land to victims of forced evictions 15 Sep 2024 - 05:02 pm
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Thousands evacuated in Czech Republic due to floods 15 Sep 2024 - 04:58 pm
A boy holding a dog walks besides a street flooded by the Opava river on September 15, 2024 in Opava, Czech Republic. (Photo by Michal Cizek / AFP)
Yemeni rebel missile hits central Israeli entity in rare attack 15 Sep 2024 - 04:21 pm
Responders put out a fire in the area of Lod, near Tel Aviv on September 15, 2024. Photo by Menahem KAHANA / AFP.
Volunteers rush to help as Myanmar flood toll surges 15 Sep 2024 - 04:13 pm
Flood-affected residents wait for a rescue boat to arrive in Taungoo, Myanmar's Bago region on September 14, 2024, following heavy rains in the aftermath of Typhoon Yagi. Photo by Sai Aung MAIN / AFP.
Flood death toll in Myanmar jumps to 113 with 320,000 displaced: junta 15 Sep 2024 - 03:37 pm
Flood-affected residents are transported on a rescue boat in Taungoo, Myanmar's Bago region on September 14, 2024, following heavy rains in the aftermath of Typhoon Yagi.  (Photo by Sai Aung MAIN / AFP)
Endangered pygmy hippo goes viral from Thai zoo 15 Sep 2024 - 03:19 pm
Moo Deng rests at Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Chonburi province on September 15, 2024. (Photo by Lillian Suwanrumpha / AFP)
Eight migrants die in Channel crossing attempt 15 Sep 2024 - 03:03 pm
A damaged migrants' boat after a failed attempt to cross the English Channel that led to the death of 8 people near the beach of Ambleteuse, northern France. (Photo by Bernard Barron / AFP)
Prince William wishes brother Harry a happy 40th birthday 15 Sep 2024 - 02:45 pm
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New Delhi chief minister to resign in two days 15 Sep 2024 - 01:43 pm
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Several dead, missing as storm lashes eastern and central Europe 15 Sep 2024 - 12:33 pm
A pedestrian looks at the high level of the Wien river in Hutteldorf, Vienna, during heavy rainfall on September 15, 2024. (Photo by Georg Hochmuth / APA / AFP)
Uganda holds funeral for murdered Olympian Cheptegei 14 Sep 2024 - 07:49 pm
Uganda People's Defense Forces (UPDF) officers play musical instruments and place the coffin of Ugandan marathon runner Rebecca Cheptegei, 33, in the middle of the common room for people to pay their respects and mourn her in the district headquarters of the village of Bukwo on September 14, 2024. Photo by BADRU KATUMBA / AFP.
Storm Boris wreaks havoc across eastern and central Europe 14 Sep 2024 - 07:17 pm
A man shelters from the rain under an umbrella as he runs over the bridge on September 14, 2024 in Krnov city as Central Europe faces heavy rainfall expected to cause floods. Photo by Michal Cizek / AFP.
LPGA to launch inquiry into Solheim Cup fan transport mess 14 Sep 2024 - 06:45 pm
A general view of the 11th green during the second round of the Solheim Cup 2024 at Robert Trent Jones Golf Club on September 14, 2024 in Gainesville, Virginia. Gregory Shamus/Getty Images/AFP. Photo by Gregory Shamus / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP.
Comoros president is 'slightly injured' in knife attack. The suspect is found dead in police cell 14 Sep 2024 - 05:04 pm
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Ukraine renews calls on the West to approve long-range strikes on Russian territory 14 Sep 2024 - 04:33 pm
Photo used for demonstration purposes. This handout photograph taken and released by the National Police of Ukraine on September 12, 2024, shows a burning trucks of the International Committee of the Red Cross, following an artillery shelling in the Donetsk region. Photo by HANDOUT / National Police of Ukraine / AFP.
Algeria president re-elected with 84.3 percent of vote: official results 14 Sep 2024 - 04:17 pm
People walk past posters of Algeria's President Abdelmajid Tebboune outside an election campaign headquarters in Algiers on September 8, 2024. Photo by AFP.
Five people found dead in eastern Romania as rainstorms leave hundreds stranded 14 Sep 2024 - 04:08 pm
This photo taken on September 14, 2024 and handed out by the Romanian Inspectorate for Emergency Situations shows a rescue worker carrying an elderly women through the floods in Pechea, Galati county, Romania. Photo by Romanian Inspectorate for Emergency Situations / AFP.